The books of Peter were
written a little over 60 years after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Peter was
called by many different names. He was Simon, Peter, Cephas, and Bar-jonah. His
name Peter {Petros} means a rock. Peter was the son of Jonas. He was from
Bethsaida.

Peter was a fisherman on
the Sea of Galilee, when he was called to follow Jesus. His brother, Andrew, was
a fisherman, as well. Peter was married and had a home in Capernaum. When Jesus
called Peter, he left his nets and followed Jesus.

There are many outstanding
things about Peter. This is the same Peter, who was chosen with James and John
to carry out special tasks for the Lord Jesus. This is the same Peter, who
walked on the water. He is the same Peter, who saw the transfiguration. He is
the same Peter, who told Jesus who He was, when people were guessing who Jesus
was. He said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

This is one of the penman
that we all relate to better than to most. Peter was actually two men. Peter,
before the baptism of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and Peter after the baptism.
The Peter, before the baptism of the Holy Ghost denied Jesus as the Christ 3
times. The Peter after the baptism, historians tell us, was pleased to be
crucified like his Lord. We can relate the weakness in all of us to Peter's
weakness and restoration.

Jesus chose Peter to head
His church. Jesus said, in Matthew 16:18 "And I say also unto thee, That thou
art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it."

Peter saw most of the
miracles Jesus did. Peter's mother-in-law had been healed by Jesus. Peter was
there when John the Baptist called Jesus the Lamb of God. Peter had been an
eye-witness of the Lord.

We will go into a great
deal more as we study this book. For now, this is enough to allow us to know
which Peter is the penman of the book.

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have been shorten into "continued" sections. Each section contains a
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